Another filming evaluation

After analysing our 1st draft in great detail and receiving a few bits of peer feedback we decided re filming the band shots was needed for the final edit purely because the band members may have given the perfect busking look but lacked real enthusiasm and took away from the beautiful mise en scene developed. Second time around we chose relatively the same location (New Walk in Leicester) but chose to rotate the camera, allowing us to film on the grassy area of the park to enhance the autumn theme we have developed for this music video.

We planned to start filming at around 9.50 once we had all met and finish at 12.15 but fell into trouble when the camera fixture which connects to the tripod was left at home, due to being borrowed by another group. We ended up filming at 10.00 and finished at 12.30. We started filming in groups of angles (e.g. all the long shots) due to the tripod not being easy to use and allowing us to get the same positioning every time to help with continuity. After choosing Sophia for our new drummer we were able to get shots of drumming on time and received more enthusiasm from band members. For example, we encouraged the bassist Maria to sing the words and smile to give a sense of happiness in what she was playing. John also took the time to learn the individual chord positions to give his performance realism benefiting our video.

As our main problem last time was lack of shots, we continued filming the whole band sequence from another 4 angles so that the same straight and front on camera shot weren't being over-used. This also allowed us to make sure we had back-up footage to use in the case of any difficulties or the unfortunate event of footage being lost or deleted. This was re-inforced as a good idea when we were reviewing the close-up footage of Sophia and found no shots of her had been recorded - fortunately, we picked up on this during filming and were able to re-shoot.

There was a vast improvement filming for the second time. I believe we excelled in improving the mise en scene of a busking band in contrast to autumn weather which worked beautifully together. We did this by deciding to slightly alter the location and also by changing the diversity of the angles to show the raw and open location the band were in.

Personal evaluation
Overall this time round I was able to provide an additional creative mind by engaging in shot set-up, filming, and suggesting possible new areas of filming. Along with this I will be completing the majority of the new stop motion process whilst also editing the photos in Photoshop along with Hannah and Alex.